JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT | LE GUÉ AU GROS ARBRE

Property from a Private Collection, Japan
JEAN-BAPTISTE-CAMILLE COROT
French
1796 - 1875
LE GUÉ AU GROS ARBRE

signed COROT (lower left)
oil on canvas
22¾ by 32¾ in.
57.8 by 83.2 cm

Condition Report:
The following condition report was kindly provided by Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.:

Not examined out of the frame. The work is restored and could be hung in its current state. The paint layer has been overcleaned quite significantly throughout, particularly in the sky, water and landscape on the right. Some weakness has also developed in areas within the trees where the sky is visible between the branches. The damage to the picture has probably altered the profile of the tree against the sky in center. Retouches are quite noticeably broad in some areas, some of which are visible under ultraviolet light. It is not recommended that the painting be cleaned or retouched.

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Provenance:
M. Frémyn, Paris (and sold, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, May 10, 1876, lot 9, as Vaches traversant une rivière)

Acquired in Japan circa 1990